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SA+P Alumni in the Media: Week of Jan. 29

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I Am A Man: A VR Civil Rights appThis interactive experience, set to historical events, from Architecture alum Derek Ham PhD ’15 opens at the National Civil Rights Museum on April 4, 2018. Look for a free download of the app this spring at Oculus. Learn more.

Exhibiting scienceThrough a new class, ACT alum Seth Riskin SM ’89 explores the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) extraordinary history of transforming technologies into artistic media and reimagining art in technological society. Riskin has also curated an exhibition celebrating the 50 year legacy of the CAVS for the MIT Museum. An historical overview through selected works by CAVS research fellows, students and professors, the exhibition opens February 15.

MIT Uses Algorithms to Find the World’s Greenest CitiesSpearheaded by Newsha Ghaeli, former research associate in the MIT Senseable City Lab, Treepedia is an interactive, map-based platform that measures tree canopy coverage in cities around the globe. Architectural Digest.

Translated Utopia wins Jacques Rougerie Foundation awardArchitecture and DUSP alumna Lizzie Yarina MArch '16, MCP '16 won the “Architecture Sea Level Rise" prize with a proposal based on her Fulbright research. Learn more about the project.

Building a supply chain for ethical jewelryWith Soko, Architecture alumna Ella Peinovich SMArchS ’12 helps to provide opportunity and income for 1,500 marginalized artists in East Africa. Slice of MIT.

What is blockchain's potential impact on CRE?MIT Center for Real Estate alum Avi Spielman MCP '16 weighs in on the impact of new blockchain technology on commercial real estate.